Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tormentable

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tor-mentable
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Capable of being tormented.

Example Sentences

"My best subject was the nature table, because I brought in the shiversome newts with their uterine flanged backs. I was moderately bullied. There were kids more noticeably tormentable than me."

Etymology

From torment + -able.

Inflected Forms

more tormentable (comparative) most tormentable (superlative)

Questions

What does tormentable mean?: Capable of being tormented.
Where does tormentable come from?: From torment + -able.

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